*~*~* Dream *~*~*
"*Sigh* Such a beautiful day, isn't it Kagome? Why don't you come on in the water and swim with me?" Asked a motherly voice from the water, "it is quite refreshing"

"Mom, you know I can't swim!" replied a young girl from a lawn chair at the side of the pool.

"You're kidding me! I could have sworn that that father of yours told me he was going to sign you up for swimming lesions!" she replied slightly angry.

"Well mom, I was thinking, maybe if you let me come live with you again than you could teach me how to swim!" she put emphasis on the word "you".

"Awwww, honey I know you want to live with me, but we have been over this a million times! You know that I can't afford to take care of you and Souta"

"Please mom! I promise I'll get a job! I'll help pay for everything! Just please let me live with you! I will do anything just." her mom made her stop by putting a gentle hand over her mouth.

"Now Kagome, you know that I can't handle the stress of two children! Souta is already enough of a handful"

" I know, I know, it's just that .. I have something that I need to tell yo.."she was cut off by a vary masculine voice, and a heavy hand on her shoulder that sent shivers down her spine.

"Kagome, stop bothering your mother with this nonsense immediately!" Kagome turned around to see her stepfather Naraku. " Now quickly say your goodbyes, we need to be on our way. I will go put your things in the car, when I come back I expect you to be ready. We have a long drive ahead of us." He turned around and briskly walked away, carrying her bag over his shoulder.

Kagome watched him until he was out of sight. The second she couldn't see him, she turned to her mother.

" Oh please mom! I am missing out on so much living with 'him' and his stupid son kouga!" she put emphasis on the word "him".

"Come on Kagome!" she grabbed kagome's arm and ushered her towards her stepfather's car. "I promise that I will talk to him about the silly swimming lesions! Honestly kag! You are acting as if your life is in danger!"

For your information mother, it damn well is! She thought, but decided to keep her thoughts to herself when she remembered her stepfather's warning.

*~*~*Flashback*~*~*

Naraku had Kagome pinned up against a wall "Kagome, if you tell anyone about this, than your beloved mother and little brother Souta will suffer the consequences!" " I promise I wont ever tell anyone, just put me down" "Now you better not tell anyone, or you know what will happen"

*~*~*End flashback*~*~*

She simple couldn't bring herself to tell her mom, not just yet at least.

"The swimming is not the only thing I was talking about" was the only thing the managed to get out Kouga completely controlled her life and she hated it!

But it didn't matter, her mother was too busy ranting on about how dramatic teens are these days and how they make a big deal about everything to hear her daughter.

"Now Kagome, you better hurry if you guys are going to make it home before dark!"

She pulled her daughter into a bone-breaking hug. "I love you so much Kagome"

"I love you too mom!" she replied. Before she could say anything else two strong arms rested on her shoulders.

" Well Kagome, we should really get going," he started to walk to his expensive car, but his ex wife grabbed his arm.

"Kagome, why don't you go on down t the car, I need to talk to your father about something." She said sweetly.

" Sure thing mom." She said, and took one last look at her mom before running to her father's car.

That little brat of a child better not have said anything to her mom or she knows what will happen. Naraku thought evilly

"Is it true that you never got kagome those swimming lessons you promised her? you know that she needs those! Especially after that accident when she was younger! Her best friend died! And we almost lost her too! She must be terrified of water! She took a deep breath.

"Look I will get her lessons when I am good and ready! If ever! This is not your decision to make!" he roared.

"Hey! You listen here! she is my child too. Ahhhh! You are a terrible father!" she screamed.

He slapped her. He actually slapped her! The nerve! I can never let him hurt her. This must be what she was trying to tell me! She thought. So she said nothing except that she would be by in a week to pick up her daughter. She would be living with her mother from then on.

He brushed that last comment away as if she never said it.

Kagome heard the whole thing from the car. She was so relived and excited that she would finally be living with her mom! Her dream was coming true!

*~*~*End dream*~*~*

Too bad.

That was the only thing that the teenage girl could think when she woke up from that dream.

You see, her mother and little brother were on their way to come get her a week later. They were driving along, when suddenly they were hit by a drunk driver. They were both killed instantly. She was so close to being free from her abusive stepfather and possessive stepbrother. And then all of her hope was crushed. And there she was feeling sorry for herself, when she should be sorry for her mom and Souta!

And it is all my fault that two innocent people died! Naraku was right. Mom did suffer the consequences of me telling, even though I didn't exactly tell on him, he showed her himself. And even though that is not he way in witch I thought they would suffer. Oh well, it doesn't matter, I will never tell anyone ever deserve this, if it weren't for me mom and Souta would still be alive. I completely deserve this treatment.

She lazily got up from her cozy bed to take a nice hot shower. Before she knew it, she was dressed and ready for the day.

Taking a deep breathe, she unlocked her door, and opened it just a crack. Peering into the hallway, she saw no one, and decided that it was safe to go downstairs for breakfast.

The kitchen was a mess! It was obvious that somebody had friends over last night. Looking at the pigsty, she concluded that they were probably drunk. No sober man would do this to his own kitchen

Well, she thought, I better clean this up before Naraku wakes up, or I'm going to be in Big trouble.

So she got to work picking up beer bottles, trash, and mopping the floor. Suddenly she heard growling, and it actually scared her at first. She calmed down only when she realized that it was her stomach.

I guess that I can take a small break for breakfast. "The dishes can wait until after I get some breakfast in my system." she said to herself.

"Says who?" asked a deep voice behind her. She turned around to see none other than her ca ca of a stepbrother Kouga. She really had no idea why her father put up with him. He wasn't even blood related to him! You see, Naraku had a 'girlfriend' a long time ago, who had a son with another man. When she mysteriously died, her only son Kouga, was left to Naraku.

She hated it! He treated Kouga great! But when it came to his only daughter, his own flesh and blood, he couldn't give a crap. She was treated worse than dirt.

"Says me Kouga," she said turning her back to him. She actually said it Surprisingly calm for the way she was feeling inside. "I have been cleaning all morning, and since I couldn't have diner last night, I am really hungry!" she got angrier and angrier the further along she got in her sentence.

Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Where did I suddenly get all this nerve!?!!!!!

"Well, in case you forgot Kagome," he said getting closer and closer to her, "we are starting at that new school today." He rested his hands on her lower back; he seemed to be playing with the hem of her shirt. "And this!" he said ripping the back of her shirt in two "Is not the uniform!"

He spun her around, and looked her in the eye. He could tell that she was scared of him. And that is the way it should be. He thought. " Now go get ready!" he yelled in her face, "you do not want to know what I am going to do if you make us late!"

She bolted upstairs holding what was left of her shirt on herself. Putting on her uniform in record time, she slowly walked down the stairs with her head bowed. Please don't let him be mad, please don't let him be mad.. she kept repeating in her head.

"Bout time" she heard that all too familiar voice say," get in the car" she simple followed him to the car and got in the passenger seat.

When the short drive to school had finally come to an end, she was rejoicing that he didn't give her another one of his "talks" that he always gave her before they started at a new school. Unfortunately, when she went to open her door, he locked it. Not again! She thought.

"Kagome," he said, "you know the rules." she cut him off, "yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, I know. No talking unless it is completely necessary, no getting too close, no friends." it was his turn to cut her off "and especially NO boyfriends!" you are only to talk to me, and wait for me outside of each of your classes, I will meet you there"

And on that lovely note, he unlocked the doors, and the both grabbed their bags and got out of the car. The "siblings" walked briskly to the office.

On the way there Kagome seemed to be getting a lot of attention, from the guys that is. Every time a guy would whistle at her she would blush, and if Kouga saw, he would give the boys death glares, and pinch Kagome quite hard on her arm.

Hey, don't get me wrong though, Kagome was not the only one getting attention. Whenever they walked by a group of girls they could hear giggling and the occasional "he is SOO fine!" or "what a hottie".

Sure, he is allowed to have admirers! She thought.

When they finally got to the office, the desk lady simply said "you will have to talk to the principal about this" and pointed to a door behind her.

Kouga knocked on the door, and who answered was the last person that they thought that it would be..

****End chapter 1****

IMPORTAINT!!! Ok, I need your advice, do you think I should make Inuyasha a hanyou, or a human? I have no idea which one to make him!!

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